# stinging

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈstɪŋɪŋ/ · frequency rank #26,617

## Definitions
1. Having the capacity to sting.
2. Precise and hurtful.

## Etymology
From Middle English styngyng; equivalent to sting + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **stoning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinging-vs-stoning)
- **stunning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinging-vs-stunning)
- **swinging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinging-vs-swinging)
- **stirring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinging-vs-stirring)
- **Stirling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinging-vs-stirling)
- **stinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinging-vs-stinking)
- **stunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinging-vs-stunting)
- **stringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinging-vs-stringing)
- **singing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singing-vs-stinging)
- **shining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shining-vs-stinging)
- **sinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinking-vs-stinging)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-stinging)
- **sinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinning-vs-stinging)
- **standing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/standing-vs-stinging)
- **sticking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticking-vs-stinging)
- **spinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spinning-vs-stinging)
- **stifling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stifling-vs-stinging)
- **singling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singling-vs-stinging)
- **springing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/springing-vs-stinging)

## Common misspellings (13)
`sitnging`, `sstinging`, `stigning`, `stingging`, `stingign`, `stingingg`, `stinginng`, `stingnig`, `stinigng`, `stinnging`, `stniging`, `sttinging`, `tsinging`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stinging